The Trio (Oscar Peterson album)

Not to be confused with The Trio (1973 album).

The Trio
Live album by Oscar Peterson
Released	1961
Recorded	July 28–29, 1961
Venue	The London House, Chicago
Genre	Jazz
Length	76:03
Label	Verve
Producer	Norman Granz
Oscar Peterson chronology
Fiorello! (1960) The Trio (1961) The Sound of the Trio (1962)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
DownBeat	[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[3]

The Trio (alternatively titled The Trio: Live From Chicago) is a 1961 live album by the Oscar Peterson Trio, recorded at the London House jazz club in Chicago, during a period in which the pianist "was generally in peak form." ^[1]

Three other Oscar Peterson Trio albums were also released featuring music from the London House concerts: The Sound of the Trio , Something Warm and Put On a Happy Face . The complete sessions were released in 1996 as The London House Sessions .

Track listing

Side one

1. "I've Never Been in Love Before" (Frank Loesser) – 5:35
2. "In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning" (Bob Hilliard, David Mann) – 8:07
3. "Chicago" (Fred Fisher) – 8:55

Side two

1. "The Night We Called It a Day" (Tom Adair, Matt Dennis) – 4:47
2. "Sometimes I'm Happy" (Irving Caesar, Clifford Grey, Vincent Youmans) – 11:41
3. "Whisper Not" (Benny Golson) – 5:46
4. "Billy Boy" (Traditional) – 1:46

1997 CD reissue bonus tracks

8. "The Lonesome One" (Oscar Peterson) – 5:32
9. "The Gravy Waltz" (Steve Allen, Ray Brown) – 4:54
10. "Woody 'n' You" (Dizzy Gillespie) – 3:48
11. "Soon" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 9:20
12. "Daahoud" (Clifford Brown) – 5:52

Recorded July 28 (#1–3, 7) and July 29 (#4–6, 8–12), 1961 at the London House, Chicago. ^[4]

Personnel

• Oscar Peterson – piano
• Ray Brown – double bass
• Ed Thigpen – drums

See also

• The Sound of the Trio (1962)
• Put On a Happy Face (album) (1966)
• Something Warm (1967)
• The London House Sessions (1996)

References

1. AllMusic review
2. DownBeat : March 1, 1962 vol. 29, no. 5
3. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1152. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
4. "Oscar Peterson – The Trio : Live From Chicago". discogs.com. Retrieved on January 18, 2020.